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{{Infobox film
| name = Manju
| image = Manju (film).jpg
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| director = [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]
| producer = [[K. Ravindran Nair]]
| writer =
| screenplay = M. T. Vasudevan Nair
| story =
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Manju (novel)|Manju]]''|M. T. Vasudevan Nair}}
| narrator =
| starring = Sangeeta Naik Nanditha Bose Indira Sankar Mohan Desh Maheshwari
| music = [[M. B. Sreenivasan]]
| cinematography = [[Shaji N. Karun]]
| editing = Rameshan
| studio = General Pictures
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| released = {{Film date|1983|12|9|df=y}}
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| country = India
| language = Malayalam Hindi
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'''''Manju''''' ({{lang-en|The Mist|italics=yes|link=yes}}) is a 1983 [[Malayalam film]] based on the [[Manju (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]. The film was scripted and directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair himself and stars Sangeeta Naik, Nanditha Bose, Indira, Sankar Mohan and Desh Maheshwari.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1466|title=Manju|accessdate=2014-10-19|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2078|title=Manju|accessdate=2014-10-19|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/manju-malayalam-movie/|title=Manju|accessdate=2014-10-19|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/mtvasu.html |title=M. T. Vasudevan Nair: Manju |publisher=Cinemaofmalayalam.net |accessdate=10 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019083818/http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/mtvasu.html |archivedate=19 October 2013 }}</ref>

==Plot==
Set in [[Nainital]], ''Manju'' is about Vimala Devi, a teacher in a boarding school, who waits in hope for the winter of her discontent to vanish. Another important character is Buddhu, who waits for his Englishman father to return to Nainital. Loneliness and endless waiting are recurring motifs in the film.

==Cast==
* Sangeeta Naik as Vimala
*[[Nanditha Bose]] as Mother
* Indira as Younger Sister
* Kalpana as Rashmi
* Shankar Mohan as Sudheer
* C. S. Dubey as Amar Singh
* Desh Maheshwari as Budhu
* Dinesh Thakur as Sardarji

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[M. B. Sreenivasan]] and the lyrics were written by [[Gulzar]]. All the songs are in Hindi as the film is completely set in Nainital.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Apooni" (Bit) || || [[Gulzar]] ||
|-
| 2 || "Hariyare" (Bit) || || Gulzar ||
|-
| 3 || "Oh Bageere" (Bit) || || Gulzar ||
|-
| 4 || "Rasiya" (No BGM) || [[Bhupinder]] || Gulzar ||
|-
| 5 || "Rasiya" (Version II) || Bhupinder || Gulzar ||
|-
| 6 || "Rasiya Man" || Bhupinder || Gulzar ||
|-
| 7 || "Sajeeli Doliyan" (Bit) || || Gulzar ||
|-
| 8 || "Vadasi Yadi" || Usha Ravi || ||
|}

==Hindi version==
The novel also had a [[Hindi-language]] film adaptation titled ''Sarath Sandhya''. This film however went completely unnoticed.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0246771}}
* [http://en.msidb.org/m.php?2078 ''Manju''] at the Malayalam Movie Database

[[Category:1983 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films set in Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Films directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]

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